Binary Compatibility

[HartfordBala1973]

We are planning to upgrade the serves from Tru64 to ia64. Could you tell both the servers have a binary compatibility. My plan is to take the database cold backup from tru64 and restore it in ia64 server. Will it work?
-bala

[Torsten.]

Think about your question!

Tru64 is an operating system (not a hardware).

ia64 is hardware architecture (not an OS).
On ia64 runs HP-UX, Windows, OpenVMS and Linux.

You cannot compare this!

Binary compatibilty is very unlikely, anyway.

If the "same" database is running on "different servers", an export/import of data will likely work.

[Steven Schweda]

Tru64 runs on Alpha systems. Tru64 does not
run on IA64 systems. If you are moving from
Tru64 to IA64, then you must be changing both
the operating system and the hardware
architecture. (What's the new OS? HP-UX?)

We don't know anything about "the database",
so how can we say if it's portable from Tru64
to HP-UX (if your new OS is HP-UX). Ask the
people who supply your database software?

> We are planning [...]

I think that you need more planning.

http://h30097.www3.hp.com/transition/

[Hein van den Heuvel]

As the others indicate, you gotta learn to be MUCH more precise in the question. What target OS? Linux? What database? Oracle?

Will it work? The answer is no, but frankly that one even asks the question is beyond comprehension for me. The major reason for the no is that Tru64 running on Alpha is litte-endian whereas an I64 running HPUX is big-endian. (I64 can be used both ways).

It is SOOOO much better to just export the DB, create a fresh DB on the target box configured to the target storage configuration adn import the data. That way go get a clean DB and do not need to move TEMP, REDO, UNDO, SYSTEM (or whatever those are called in the DB being used).

Cheers,
Hein.

[HartfordBala1973]

Iam sorry I was unspecific.
Iam moving database (Oracle 9204)running on HP-Tru64 to the database (Oracle 9208) on HP-ia64 system. I would like to know the binary compatibility of HP-Tru64 and HP-ia64 system.

-bala

[Steven Schweda]

> Iam sorry I was unspecific.

Ok. But then get more specific.

> [...] HP-ia64 system [...]

Running which OS? HP-UX?

> I would like to know the binary
> compatibility of HP-Tru64 and HP-ia64
> system.

It depends on what you mean by "binary
compatibility", and what that "HP-ia64
system" really is.

If the question is limited to an Oracle data
base, then it would probably make more sense
to ask Oracle.